Madagascar Animals: Best List of 25+ Animals only Found in Madagascar

Madagascar animals! What animals can you see in Madagascar? Here, we show a list of some unique animals that are found only in Madagascar.

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Madagascar Animals

Madagascar is an island in the Indian Ocean and around ninety percent of all the animals which live on the island are found only there and nowhere else in the world (endemic). As such it has a fascinating range of unique animals.

Fossas are a carnivore that is similar to a cat and endemic to Madagascar. They resemble a small cougar and are found only in forest areas of the island. They eat lemurs (a small primate that is endemic to the island), rodents, lizards, and birds.

The lemur is a primate that is also found only in Madagascar and is the smallest primate in the world. There are many sub-species or types of lemurs living on the island.

There are forty-six different species of bats that are found only in Madagascar, as well as Madagascan pochards which are the rarest duck in the world, giraffe weevils, blue coua, panther chameleons, tomato frogs, and many many more.

List of Madagascar Animals

Fossa
Lemur
Bat
Madagascan pochard
Giraffe weevil
Blue coua
Panther chameleon
Tomato frog
Madagascar fody
Tenrec
Madagascan pygmy shrew
Aye-aye
Boa
Painted Mantella
Subantarctic fur seal
Madagascar hissing cockroach
Comet moth
Barn owl
Madagascan owl
Giant day gecko
Rockhopper penguin
Radiated tortoise

Types of Lemurs of Madagascar

There are many types of lemurs living on the island.

Sifaka lemur
Common brown lemur
Gray mouse lemur
Crowned lemur
Black & white ruffed lemur
Ring-tailed lemur
Red ruffed lemur

Endangered Species in Madagascar

The following list provides some endangered species in Madagascar.

Blue-Eyed Black Lemur
Flat-Tailed Spider Tortoise
Greater Bamboo Lemur
Indri
Madagascar sea-eagle

Madagascar Animals with Examples

There is also another species of ruffed lemur that is similar to the red ruffed lemur; the black-and-white ruffed lemur.
Some species of fruit bat also sip nectar when it is available.
The Aye-Aye is a native of eastern Madagascar. It is the only mammal known to use echolocation.
It is one of the wilder places on earth and contains rainforest and boa constrictors.
Wildlife officer Malcolm Ingham with two-year-old barn owl Zuky, a permanent resident at the Wirral park.
Housed next to the ruffed lemurs is a common brown lemur, and next to it a sifaka named Drusilla with her new infant.
Black and white ruffed lemur clings to a branch at the Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary near Plettenberg Bay on South Africa’s scenic Garden Route on September 30, 2007.
Madagascar ring-tailed lemur, here gnawing a non-native cactus, ably carries pollen for native plants on its muzzle and hands.
Like so many other mammals, insects, trees, plants, and reptiles, the Indri indri is unique to Madagascar.